American Politics and the Liberal Arts College
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356689 |
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| Authors | Preston H Smith (Mount Holyoke College, corresponding author), Preston H Smith Ii |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 122-130 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1057/pol.2013.33 |
| OpenAlex | W2029054973 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper argues that mainstream approaches to teaching American politics not only fail to give students the intellectual tools they need to become effective citizens, they also help to legitimize the market values that threaten liberal arts curriculums today. The American Political Development (APD) approach to teaching American politics is best suited for teaching a critical civic education and nurturing democratic values, such as civic engagement, public service, and social solidarity, at liberal arts colleges. Moreover, liberal arts colleges provide a particularly effective educational setting for taking an APD approach to American Politics
Civic engagement · Curriculum · Democracy · Higher education · Liberal arts education · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Sociology · Solidarity · The arts · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Political Science Research and Education · Political theory and Gramsci · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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